Senior Associate L2 DevOps Engineer (Azure + Terraform)

Company description

Publicis Sapient is a leading digital transformation partner, helping established organizations reimagine their future in a digitally enabled world. We empower businesses to evolve—both in how they operate and how they serve their customers—by combining a start-up mindset with modern methods and deep industry expertise. Our approach fuses strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity to unlock real business value. With over 20,000 professionals across 53 global offices, we bring together the best of technology, data science, and human insight to design and build the products and services that people truly value. Driven by our purpose—helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next—a shared commitment to innovation, collaboration, and continuous transformation unites us. At Publicis Sapient, we don’t just adapt to change—we lead it.

Overview

About the Client:

Our client is a global B2B leader in electrical products, solutions, and services, operating across 170+ companies worldwide. They are undergoing a multi-year digital transformation to deliver a seamless omnichannel experience by modernizing platforms, scaling operations, and integrating data and AI to enhance customer engagement. This role supports a major platform engineering initiative, part of a transitional modernization bridge that will evolve into a unified digital ecosystem.

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll be part of the Platform Engineering team leading the transition to a cloud-first infrastructure. Your mission will be to drive the implementation of secure-by-design DevOps practices, automate operational workloads, and enable observability at scale. You’ll collaborate with DevOps engineers, architects, and cross-functional Agile squads to enhance and secure CI/CD pipelines, provision cloud-native tools, and generate visibility through KPIs and reporting dashboards. This is a hands-on role with strategic impact on platform reliability, security, and delivery speed.

Your Impact:

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines by embedding security-first practices across development and deployment workflows
• Design and provision cloud-native tools to automate administrative and operational tasks
• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to ensure compliance and consistency
• Implement DevSecOps standards and integrate modern security tools into the delivery pipeline
• Collaborate with architects and development teams to embed security from the earliest stages of development
• Generate and present DevOps KPIs to demonstrate risk reduction and process maturity
• Act as a change agent for DevOps best practices within a large-scale Agile ecosystem
• Optimize infrastructure performance and security using Azure ADO, ArgoCD, and multi-cloud strategies
• Contribute to platform engineering roadmaps and drive continuous improvement in deployment practices

Responsibilities

Your Skills & Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles
• B2+ English level, with excellent written and spoken communication in global team environments
• 2–3 years working directly with security in CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on expertise with CI/CD automation frameworks, including Azure DevOps (ADO) and ArgoCD
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform and other infrastructure automation tools
• Track record of building meaningful DevOps KPIs and driving adoption of secure practices
• Strong collaboration skills with architects and Agile product teams
• Proactive, adaptable mindset with the ability to influence engineering culture at scale

Qualifications

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Proven experience in multi-cloud environments, particularly Azure and GCP
• Practical experience integrating security tools like Checkov, Snyk, or Aqua into pipelines
• Experience working in enterprise-scale Agile environments
• Involvement in digital transformation or cloud migration projects
• Ability to mentor engineers and advocate for DevOps maturity across teams

Additional information

A Tip from the Hiring Manager: “This role is for someone who thrives in complexity, speaks the language of automation, and is excited to lead the charge in DevOps transformation.”